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A long time ago in a forest at Whakaki, lived a beautiful maiden called Hine O Rangi.
Whenever mist covered a certain hill,(which now bears her name), she would row down to the bar to meet her lover- a young chief
from across the sea.
The Gods were angry. She was one of theirs and she was in love with a mortal. In their anger, they caused the hills to rise where there was once water. Thus preventing the lovers from meeting. Hine O Rangi pined for her lover, and died broken-hearted.
Now today, whenever the bar is opened, there is a little shower. Hine pining for her lost love. When she is finished, her spirit goes off to meet her love, where he is forever waiting, at a place called Moremore, near the Napier breakwater.
A Maori Translation
I nga wa o mua, tera tetahi kotiro ataahua, ko Hine O Rangi te ingoa,
e noho ana i roto i te ngahere i Whakaki.
I nga wa e kapi ana tetahi puke i te kohurangi, haere ai ia i runga i tana waka ki te one i te wahapu o te awa ki te tutaki i tona tahu. Tetahi rangatira o tera taha o te moana. Ka riri katoa nga atua, ko ia tetahi o ratou engari ko tona aroha ki te tangata kikokiko. Ka whakaturia etahi puke i waenganui i te moana me te awa kia kore ai nga tangata nei e tutaki. Ka mate a Hine O Rangi.
I enei ra, ahakoa he pehea te pai o te ra maringi mai ai te ua. Ko Hine o Rangi tenei. E tangi ana ia. Ka mutu ana te tangi, ka haere tana wairua ki tana tahu.
Kei Moremore te kainga o te tangata nei ki te one i te taha o te Nepia.
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